National Park System units within a drive of Providence
19 National Park System units sit within an estimated two hours of Providence, 27 between two and four hours, and 36 between four and eight. The closest is Roger Williams National Memorial, about 10 minutes by road from the metro's Census centroid. The metro is the Providence area as the Census Bureau defines it, home to 1,700,901 people in the 2024 estimates.
Each drive time is an estimate made from the straight-line distance between the metro's Census centroid and the unit's listed coordinates, multiplied by 1.25 for roads and divided by 55 mph, so a real trip will often take longer.
Metro centroid Free to enter Charges an entrance fee
Under 2 hours
2 to 4 hours
4 to 8 hours
| Unit | Est. drive | Entry | 2025 visits | Campgrounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Perkins National Monument National Monument · ME | 4.1 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Morristown National Historical Park National Historical Park · NJ | 4.1 h | Free | 183,001 | 0 |
| Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area National Recreation Area · NJ, PA | 4.4 h | Fee | 3,986,709 | 6 |
| Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River Scenic & Recreational River · NY, PA | 4.4 h | Free | 380,245 | 0 |
| Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River National Wild and Scenic River · PA, NJ | 4.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve National Reserve · NJ | 4.8 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail National Historic Trail · MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC | 4.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Steamtown National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 5.2 h | Free | 60,844 | 0 |
| Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 5.3 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Fort Stanwix National Monument National Monument · NY | 5.4 h | Free | 77,507 | 0 |
| Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 5.4 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Independence National Historical Park National Historical Park · PA | 5.4 h | Free | 1,926,580 | 0 |
| Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial National Memorial · PA | 5.4 h | Free | 1,664 | 0 |
| Acadia National Park National Park · ME | 5.5 h | Fee | 4,079,318 | 4 |
| Great Egg Harbor River Park Unit · NJ | 5.5 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Valley Forge National Historical Park National Historical Park · PA | 5.5 h | Free | 1,819,086 | 0 |
| Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 5.8 h | Free | 45,897 | 0 |
| First State National Historical Park National Historical Park · DE, PA | 5.9 h | Free | 200,173 | 0 |
| Appalachian National Scenic Trail National Scenic Trail · CT, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV | 6.4 h | Free | 6,215,118 | 0 |
| Harriet Tubman National Historical Park National Historical Park · NY | 6.4 h | Free | 941 | 0 |
| Women's Rights National Historical Park National Historical Park · NY | 6.7 h | Free | 27,346 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Campobello International Park International Park · ME | 7 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Saint Croix Island International Historic Site International Historic Site · ME | 7.2 h | Free | 15,481 | 0 |
| Hampton National Historic Site National Historic Site · MD | 7.3 h | Free | 48,158 | 0 |
| Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument National Monument · ME | 7.3 h | Free | 33,835 | 16 |
| Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument National Monument · PA | 7.4 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine National Monument and Historic Shrine · MD | 7.4 h | Fee | 283,027 | 0 |
| Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail National Historic Trail · MD, VA, DC | 7.4 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Assateague Island National Seashore National Seashore · MD, VA | 7.5 h | Fee | 2,325,195 | 11 |
| Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail National Historic Trail · VA, MD, DE, DC, PA, NY | 7.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Chesapeake Bay Related Area · DC, DE, MD, NY, PA, VA, WV | 7.6 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Eisenhower National Historic Site National Historic Site · PA | 7.7 h | Free | 75,328 | 0 |
| Gettysburg National Military Park National Military Park · PA | 7.7 h | Free | 730,398 | 0 |
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park National Historical Park · MD | 7.7 h | Free | 15,348 | 0 |
| Baltimore-Washington Parkway Parkway · MD | 7.9 h | Free | no count | 0 |
| Greenbelt Park Park · MD | 8 h | Free | 130,314 | 1 |
Metro boundaries and population from the Census Bureau Vintage 2024 population estimates; centroids from the Census Bureau 2026 Gazetteer, CBSA internal points. Unit coordinates, fees, campgrounds and 2025 recreation visits from the NPS API and Visitor Use Statistics. Data refreshed October 14, 2026. Other metros.